Lesson 20
This is Lesson 20: Guatemalan Reform/Revolution
Multiple choice questions for the Lesson (click on the correct answer;
if you are wrong, nothing happens; if you are right you will get a confirmation):
MC-1. The Guatemalan writer Asturias
MC-2. Surrealism
Short-answer questions for the Lesson. Instructions: If you are not
sure about the answer and would like a hint, click on the figure labeled
"Hint".
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We may also be discussing these questions orally in class, and similar questions
will appear in unannounced quizzes.
HINT SA 1: What is Surrealism,
and how does it appear in the works of Asturias?
HINT SA 2: What were the parallels
and differences between the Mexican and Guatemalan Revolutions?
HINT SA 3: What do we know about
Asturias' life?
HINT SA 4: What impact did the
fall of Arbenz in 1954 have on Asturias? How did this affect the way he
perceived the United States?
HINT SA 5: How is nature presented
in the work of Asturias?
SORRY, NO HINT SA 6: What do myths tell us about
a people? What do the Mayas' myths tell us about them in the works of Asturias?
HINT SA 7: Explain, in Asturias'
story, the meaning of the phrase "the tree that walks".
HINT SA 8: What happened to the
Merchant in Asturias' story? Do you think he deserved it?
HINT SA 9: How did the Guatemalan
Revolutionary presidents (Arévalo and Arbenz) try to break the power
of the United Fruit Company?
HINT SA 10: How did the Eisenhower
Administration react to the Arbenz government?
HINT SA 11: What were the cultural
aspects of the Guatemalan Revolution?
SORRY, NO HINT SA 12: Question from McNees,
pp. 61-68, Rómulo Gallegos, "Peace on High": What do we
know about the author?
SORRY, NO HINT SA 13: Question from McNees,
pp. 70-76, Miguel Angel Asturias, "Legend of El Cadejo": Explain
the inter-relationship of Catholicism and Maya mythology in this story.
SORRY, NO HINT SA 14: Question from McNees,
pp. 61-68, Rómulo Gallegos, "Peace on High": Who saves
Felipe from death, and how?
SORRY, NO HINT SA 15: Question from McNees,
pp. 70-76, Miguel Angel Asturias, "Legend of El Cadejo": Why does
the nun cut her braid?